Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After years of relying on state tests that painted an incomplete picture, Abilene schools say new benchmarks and local assessments ...

State assessments provide crucial information that enables states to monitor and support schools, evaluate what’s working and what isn’t, and report publicly on how well they’re educating their ...

The Carroll County Public Schools Board of Education discussed a new state literacy policy and the review of new instructional materials and textbooks during its monthly meeting Wednesday. A major ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) released its 2025 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress scores last week, showing improvement in the majority of state assessments.

This session will provide a review of the current test-based accountability system, the goals and purposes it has developed to serve, and its strengths and limitations. Presenter: Margaret Goertz, ...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...